Got my VISA!!

So this week was pretty crazy. after i finished emailing last week we got a call from our president and we had a huge talk about our numbers and what was going on there and he started talking about maybe closing our area and that he would get back to us. well Pday was about to end and we still didnt know so we asked him and he finally said we would be staying. and then began the longest week ever. it was so slow!! ha we knocked A TON of doors. like all day. it was fun but we just couldnt get any lessons in. we did find one really cool family that had a lot of questions and we taught them a little, but we had to leave for english class so we set an appointment for the next day. well we came back with a member, and in our branch, getting a member is an accomplishment by itself, well turned out there werent there so that was a bummer. then we went to english class that night (both nights no one was there) so that was all tuesday through thursday. then friday we just did what we had done thursday, we passed out these announcements that everyone should watch Conference. well i feel bad cause i told people that they could watch it at home, well they didnt broadcast it in spanish but we didnt find that out till the saturday afternoon session was half way through. so then Sunday. 

Sunday was a really epic day. we got up and did the usual. we were studying Oh wait. 

Ok so friday and saturday, literally for two days we played the worst game of phone tag ever. Our PRESIDENT called and we couldnt get on the same schedule!! it was awful, so finally he calls Sunday and we dove for the phone. We just talked about our branch president and our ward mission leader and how things were going. Then he (not knowing he was on speaker) said "we received notification that Elder Whitaker has obtained his Visa"!!!!!!!!!!!! then i dont know what happened. i was literally running around and i did push ups for a while and punched the air for about ten minutes. i was so fired up. but yeah then the phone got passed to me and he told me that i will be flying out the 22 of this month!!!! and then he complicated things. 

He said that since nothing was going on in our area that i would be moved to an area where they have more Spanish investigators than they know what to do with. then he told us that he wanted to make this transfer happen Sunday night. and that we would have to leave straight from the church building to go to Gate City so i could be picked up by the assistants. but the difficult thing was is that it was 11:00 in the morning, Conference was at 12 and 4, and it takes us 15 minutes to get to church.which only left me an hour and a half to pack up everything and leave. 

i have never moved so fast in my life. you should feel my bags though. they weigh like eighty pounds. so imma be mailing some stuff home here like next week and the next. so be looking for those. its gonna cost a fortune. :) but yeah, now i am living in Gastonia, the water here tastes weird, ha random fact but yep, and i am in a trio, with two zone leaders so thats fun. i am excited to get to work. 

just funny how right when i had accepted that NC could be my mission for a long time is right when i got my Visa. When you fully accept what God has in store for you, he sends you a blessing just lettin you know he is watchin out for you. 

Thats all i got this week. 

Les Quiero

Elder Whitaker

Responding to where we should send his birthday present:

1264 East Hudson Boulevard apt O as in oh 

Gastonia NC 28054

haha very light. cause honestly i swear the big one weighs at least 70. i would say 80's even

ha ha oh boy. well yeah. food is always good. i can always hook up my new comps.

but yeah not a whole ton of sugar though i havent been into sugar out here. 

oh did i ever tell you that i have sensitive teeth apparently. yeah had to go to the 

dentist a few weeks back. they did it for free so its ok but yeah. crazy. i got some like prescription stuff. but the sensodyne isnt the worst idea cause i will need some for when i get down there. 

ope no idea. but yeah. thats my address for now. everything is great. the elders i am with are champs and we will have a great time. love you so much.

im jealous of the snow and stuff. oh!!!! i really need to have you send me some cards for my camera cause i dont know where to get em. and im lazy. 

but uhh, what else, thats all i got, i left my list of stuff to put in letters at home. 

oh did you recognize that australian guy!! he came to our stake a while ago. that was cool. that fly is now famous. uh. oh. those running shoes i bought are small now. and oh haha im getting fat. those pants from CTR are cryin when i put em on. :) funny. 

also if you have our new family pictures on paper yet, send one of those. 

tell Dixie hi for me. 

Love you 

tell scotty hi. 

Elder Whitaker 

ha theres no time in the day! but we are heading out. also, how do you fix the hem on pants, cause the missionary mall ones are all the way apart now and the left leg is coming out the bottom. so if you could let me know that that would be awesome. imma ask some members if they will do it.

LOVE YOU 

Elder Whitaker

EW: I think it is an xD card. uhhhh. i have no idea. but if you buy it at walmart and send it i think i can exchange it out here. its a Canon i think. wow i really dont know anything about it. but i will find out and let you know next week.

byee

EW: b day is next week mother... awkward. ha kidding. but thank you

me: Birthday week starts on Thursday this week so really I'm just very efficient!

 EW: valid point.